"Meteorological services and partner institutions in many countries are seeking to improve their system for collecting, processing and broadcasting weather-related information to increase the resilience of their communities."

-- Dr. Mamadou Lamine Bah, Director DNM and President of Regional Association I (Africa) for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

In 2013, a public-private partnership between Direction Nationale de La Meteorolgie (NMS of Guinea, West Africa) and Earth Networks paved the way for the first-ever operation of a comprehensive technologically advanced early warning system for monitoring and alerting to severe weather in a Least Developed Country (LDC).

The goal of the project is to enable and strengthen the Guinea NMS organization's ability to actively monitor thunderstorms and precipitation and issue timely and relevant early warning of dangeorous weather conditions.

This Early Warning System (EWS), implemented in just weeks, is enabling real-time weather observations and forecasts, Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts (DTA) and radar-like visibility to precipitation, which can then be used to assess the possibility of floods and drought.

The EWS is an integrated large-scale system providing real-time resolution and maximum reliability to help Guinea officials observe, inform and alert the public and other government agencies to impending weather:

"Within a few weeks, it has become possible to actively
track thunderstorms, monitor precipitation and issue alerts to severe weather
across the country by utilizing innovative technology and the country’s
existing cell tower infrastructure.

Deployment and initial maintenance of traditional radar in a country
like Guinea would require upwards of 10 million U.S. dollars which makes the
new technology from Earth Networks a viable and exciting alternative for
developing countries.”